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What percentage of free agent signings work out for the Angels? I can’t think of many.

[Good]: Raised Iglesias, Torii Hunter, Vladdy, Joe Smith

For some reason I can remember the bad ones though:

[Bad]: Gary Matthews, Josh Hamilton, Pujols, Cozart, Justin Upton, CJ Wilson, Rendon, Stephenson, Ryan Tepera, Loupe, Syndergaard, Matt Harvey, Luis Valbuena, Joe Blanton, Shaun Burnett, 

Tyler Anderson (TBD)

15/19 contracts ended up being bad contracts. Maybe it’s time we focus on building the farm system

18 hours ago, T.G. said:

Salmon and Gubi (and they referenced Chuck Finley) said they don't like the trend of going away from the FB. 

Gubi also took a look at the statistics and said, “the Red Sox crush fastballs…” 

When you gotta shitty 4-seamer, makes sense to throw it more  

Was Gubi on the AW board? Literally talking about this during the 1st inning  

J Walsh still getting hits for the Rangers. 5 more hits in the last 4 games.

.348 with a .940 OPS

Definitely would have added some depth 

21 hours ago, BTH said:

I’m not a big fan of looking at stats with a 6-game sample.

It’s just early season conversation. I’m not putting definitives on anything. Just posted that I thought it was interesting 

29 minutes ago, Stradling said:

What is the league average?  Also with how Sandoval, Canning and Silseth started their first games I’m guessing throwing more fastballs was probably necessary. 

According to fangraphs, the avg four seam fastball usage is 30.2%

Works with driveline, kind of a pitching guru, and a pioneer in terms of pitch shape, stuff+, pitch+, location+ metrics. 
 

3 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Is this worthy of a thread?

Could be if he has a big bounce back season. 

Of course Jared Walsh goes to the Rangers and shows signs of a turn around…

feels like the Angel organization has a culture issue. What happened with J Walsh? Dude was an all-star

Just listened to the first 30 min of this interview… It kind of felt like I was listening to Billy Madison explain the industrial revolutions effect on the modern novel. 

Julio Urias! Give the kid a 3-year deal for like 12 million. He’s gonna miss time for the suspension, but will slot in nicely next year. 
 

Add Trevor Bauer and now we have a rotation:

Bauer, Urias, Detmers, Canning, Sandoval

Sign Bauer

Sign Imanaga

…we’ll have a competitive team 

How is Zack Cozart not on this list?

On 12/14/2023 at 4:13 PM, Taylor said:

 

Is Bobby V. about to get Clinton'd?

If True, it’s a pretty remarkable track record. It would mean Arte has made the wrong choice in EVERY decision. I’m not even mad, it’s amazing.

 Now just do the opposite of what Arte thinks is a good idea. 

Bring Shota, his teammate on the Baystars, and Bauer to Anaheim. They get along well, and would be our two best pitchers. 
 

Bauer, Shota, Canning, Detmers, Sandoval, Silseth, Anderson… that might work. 

Which division will be more competitive over the next 5 years?

AL East or AL West?

up and coming Orioles, TB Rays, Red Sox and the Yankees… brutal

6 hours ago, T.G. said:

I’d rather watch something more realistic, like “Field of Dreams.”

Nothing more real than Tom Selleck’s mustache. The stache is based on a true story

No doubt at this point, we have to trade him. I get that there will be lost revenue by trading him, but it’s what’s best for the team.

Ohtani isn’t signing here, and the prospect haul would be much much greater than just a compensation pick for losing him to free agency.

He could really tip the scales in helping a contender win this year. I’d favor a trade with the Rangers, Houston, or Seattle. Deplete their prospects!

Kids are taught max effort for as long as possible. Naturally injuries will start to pile up. Look around the league, it’s not just the Angels. 

Need to have a deep farm system. Every team that has risen up from the bottom has built their organization around a great farm system. We’ve tried to “retool” to no success. 
 

Trade Ohtani, Estévez, Sandoval, and whoever doesn’t fit a 5-year plan that can return value 

Shohei can’t stand watching this crap

Rota Spain